Meta

Tag: ngirit

Cheryl gets here first kain pua yesterday after two months of weaving. And it is also Chak-lut’s first attempt to create a personal design for a pua. You may want to read about the Nyungkit and Ngirit process too.

Like this:

This is my mrs first attempt to weave the kain anyam (skirt). The larger ones are called pua kumbu (blangket), while those smaller pua, which are used to ceremonially wrap babies, then we call it a pua belantan (shawl).

We will be using our own design – the modern one of course. The design was created using computer-aided application and hope it looks good, once completed.

The process starts with the ngirit – to lay the ubong or thread. We started at 7.30 pm and completed the task at 11pm last night.